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Fast Facts: Private Long Term Care & Home Care Zombies
UBC economist Robert Evans calls user fees in health care zombies, a policy option that keeps surfacing despite being killed over and over again by…
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The international spotlight is about to shine on Canada’s track record on women’s human rights and BC may get caught in the glare. Provincial and…
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If precarious employment is the new normal, how come we’re not talking about it?
According to the Toronto Star,1 “Precarious work is the new norm.” The same article reports on research findings from a 2013 study2 by McMaster University/United Way/PEPSO that…
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Wallonia’s inspiring stand on CETA
Today the regional government of Wallonia in Belgium rebuffed Canada’s last-minute efforts to salvage a deeply flawed and increasingly unpopular transatlantic free trade agreement. By…
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Fast Facts: Proposed City Development Fee Long Overdue
Winnipeg City Council is currently considering a development fee to ensure that suburban growth in our city pays its fair share of city-wide infrastructure needs.…
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Absolute Zero: It’s time to put pro-tuition arguments on ice
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Working poverty on the rise in Metro Vancouver
Thanks to the Labour movement, we’ve made significant gains in working conditions over the years. On average, unionized employees make higher wages than non-unionized employees,…
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Hurrahs for the “death of neoliberalism” are premature
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Poverty Reduction: When will the government start listening to British Columbians?
If the government were listening to British Columbians, it would have heard that families are struggling to make ends meet because of rising food and…
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